BCA Budget Submission 2015–16: A 10-Year Plan For Growth

The submission calls for a fundamental reset of the fiscal strategy and budget process to solve the structural fiscal problem that will inevitably worsen without policy action.

Australia has a choice between taking action early and adjusting gradually by design, or doing nothing and having blunt, costly and more than likely inequitable spending cuts and tax increases imposed.

It is time to take the blame game out of this debate. The pressure on the budget has been a decade in the making and will take a decade to fix.

The Business Council has made a submission to the Productivity Commission’s draft report into intellectual property arrangements.
The draft report contains substantive recommendations that cover the entire intellectual property system. More